Christmas at Leola's

Last weekend

Leola's Vintage Home and Garden

in Ozark, Missouri

held their always wonderful Christmas Open House.

Enjoy!

(remember to click twice on the photo to "biggify")

Today is Silver Sunday over at

The Gypsy Fish Journal

so here are a few vignettes from the Open House

that featured vintage silver.

I just scratched the surface with these photos.

There were so many people there I could hardly get my camera up for the shot!

I was there yesterday and they are bringing in more fun merchandise

so there is still plenty to see and buy.

Hope you're having a wonderful weekend,

love,

Debra

Vintage Inspiration Friday #11 Late Fall Sunroom

Hey Everyone!

Time for

 Vintage Inspiration Friday.

This time of the year it's about balancing my enthusiasm for

Christmas

and my not wanting to jump the gun,

if you know what I mean.

I want to enjoy the season I'm in without

running headlong into winter and the Holidays.

So I try to transition little by little.

Still wanting to celebrate Thanksgiving

and enjoying my turkeys,

but honestly being "done" with the leaves and orange.

(gosh, did I just say that?)

That's the good thing about Missouri,

we have seasons here.

The only one I tire of is summer...

hate the heat.

So what I like to do this time of year is trade out the leaves

with holly and evergreens;

real and faux.

That way, once Thanksgiving is over

 I don't have as much to do to make it

 "Christmas".

One of my girls is enjoying her perch

surveying her domain.

I love this old lantern light fixture.

It always just says "Christmas" to me.

I have a lot of old and family quilts

that I change out frequently.

This one has seen better days,

but I bought it about 25 years ago when we lived in Marietta, Ga.

I always enjoy using it.

"Flying Geese".

Love my Faribo and Pendleton brown plaid blankets.

Here's my other girl.

They're inside kitties,

but they LOVE to dream.

This old squirrel is a bank...

now he's what I call really "Chippy"!!

old screen door?, yah, I'll use it!

(Hey, Theresa, love the sweet little teapot!)

The light was so bright with the photos that the view was washed out,

so here's the view from the sunroom.

please disregard all:

electrical cords

dead plant material

dust

dirt

cobwebs

dirty windows

cat hair

dead bugs?

old carpet

crummy 80's spotlights

(notice that I didn't apoligize for the rust or peeling paint!)

Thanks for sitting thru another "sunroom" post.

Hope you'll join in the party,

ANY Vintage Inspiration works!

And the winner of the give away this month

is my wonderful friend Sue from

 Just Practicing Random Acts of Kindness!

today I'm also linking in with Cindy at

My Romantic Home for

Show and Tell Friday

and Feathered Nest Friday at

French Country Cottage

love you all,

Debra

p.s. Check out the November give away on the sidebar.

White Wednesday at the French Cupboard

Come on over to

 The French Cupboard

I've been playing in the Sunroom again...

And then please visit all the Wonderful Whites for Wednesday

at

 Faded Charm!

see you there...

then, don't forget about

Vintage Inspiration Friday

where inspiration is a party!

love,

Debra

Santa Baby...

I guess we all know that it will be

Christmas

before we know it.

So when I found these sweet little St. Nick charms

I thought they would be fun to put on a chain for a necklace.

Or hang them from the tree or just for decor.

Come by the Etsy Shop

Common Ground Petite Boutique

for a peek.

And a couple of new blinged key pendants, too.

 ,

I think you've probably been really good this year!!

love ya,

Debra

Vintage Inspiration Friday #10 Finding your style

It's so exciting finding a place that I identify with.

This space in a decor center in St. Louis,

Warson Woods,

just speaks to me

This is the second time I've visited here

and when I step inside this space

I just want to move in.

I think that is the way to really tell

what your dominant style may be.

There are a lot of gorgeous places

that cause me to drool

but could I move in?

Does it reflect who I am?

French Country has always been what I gravitate toward

No matter where I've lived

The dramatic oversized pieces

contrast

definition

elements of nature

elegant yet comfortable

Antiquity

Classic

Old World

Actually, this space is what prompted me to paint my Dining Room

I love so many "styles" of decorating

and like to mix elements and pieces...

white

vintage

farmhouse

primitive...

But I always come back to these lines

and how they make me "feel"

Have you found your "dominant style"?

Hope you'll join in today with

 Vintage Inspiration Friday!

remember, you can link up any vintage inspiration.

love,

Debra